A natural balance: using herbs and flowers to manage garden pests
The start of a new season is always full of possibilities, and here is a project that may just capture your imagination. How about working with nature to create a natural balance in the garden between pests and their natural predators?
It is all about planting a variety of herbs and flowers that act as host plants for the pests, or the beneficial insects that prey on them, as well as using plants that repel pests.
The long-term aim is to have a naturally healthy garden that requires little intervention from the gardener in terms of pest control.
Common pests and their predators
Among the many pests that gardeners have to contend with, the two most common seem to
